UK Theatre member venues – predominantly theatres outside London – recorded £429 million at the box office in 2014. When added to the box office for theatres that are members of the Society of London Theatre in 2014 (£624 million), it reveals that theatre across the whole of the UK recorded a total box office of £1.05 billion.
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Theatres In The UK Try To Make Up For Funding Cuts With More Expensive Tickets
“Prices rose much faster than overall inflation, which was around 1.5% between 2013 and 2014. But the rising prices did not stop people going to shows. More than 18 million tickets were sold in 2014 – up 2.4% since 2013.”
There’s A New Theatre Company In Detroit
“Hoping to become a cultural staple for the city, Detroit Public Theater is modeled after New York’s Public Theater (hence the name). Its mission: not only to foster new artists and dig into the community with theatre programming, but present challenging new works.”
When Celebrities Go To Broadway Plays, Who’s Paying Whom For What?
“Even with all the greatest copywriters in the world, it’s hard to improve on ‘Love Love Loved,’ especially when replete with visual aid and the concise hashtag ‘greatforhiphopheads.’ One can only hope the affection was genuine and spontaneous, rather than a matter of shared interests. Not that we would really know, either way. Given the intricate networks of agents, executives and representatives at the upper echelons of the entertainment business, I suspect there were elements of both.”
39 Theatres Have Pledged Their 2020 Seasons To Diversity
“Last week, they unveiled what they call ‘The Jubilee’: an initiative inviting theatres across the nation to pledge to produce only plays written by women, people of color, LGBTQA individuals, and writers with disabilities for a whole season.”
Report: Al Pacino’s New Broadway Show Is A F****** Disaster
“Friends of the actor say they’ve never seen him so despondent. He sits in his dressing room after the show “totally lost,” one says. And sources say he’s getting no help from Mamet, who saw two dress rehearsals and the first preview and then vamoosed to California.”
The Broadway Ticket Lottery: How To (Try To) Get Cheap Seats
“Broadway lotteries that offer deeply discounted tickets have blossomed since 1996, when “Rent” made some $20 seats at the Nederlander Theater available for every performance. (It started as a first-come, first-served offer but evolved into a lottery.)”
Nobody Does Haunted Houses Better Than The Japanese
“I screamed more in that tiny haunt than I did walking through some of the top haunts in the United States with every high-priced animatronic and 20-foot-tall monster available. I believe the key difference was how immersed I was in the story and the personal connection I felt with the girl and the ghost.”
London’s West End Theatres Are Not ‘Fit For The 21st Century,’ Says Former National Theatre Chief
“Nick Starr has claimed the West End’s current ‘old and ageing’ playhouses are unable to accommodate [any] contemporary theatremaking … that is more innovative in form than revivals of old plays, and said new venues were needed to provide homes for theatremakers who want to create for spaces that are non-proscenium arch.”
Demand-Pricing Ticketing Software Dramatically Boosts Ticket Revenue
“Inspired by airline and travel booking websites, the centre began using the Neo-Ticketing system in October 2015, testing a number of different algorithms that automatically adjust ticket prices according to time or demand.”